Trump appeals 'Dreamer' immigrant ruling

The US Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to quickly overturn a lower court ruling blocking President Donald Trump's move to end a program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.

Solicitor-General Noel Francisco asked the high court to rule on the case before its current term ends in June.

In September, Trump rescinded, effective in March, the program known as DACA, put in place in 2012 by his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama.